George Sterling Ansel Ryerson

George Sterling Ansel Ryerson ( born January 21, 1855 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, † May 20, 1925 ) was a Canadian physician, politician and founder of the Canadian Red Cross Society, the Canadian branch of the Red Cross.

Career

Ryerson began in 1871 his studies of medicine in New York and also studied at Cambridge (Ontario ) and the Trinity Medical School in Toronto later. There he made in 1876 his Doctor of Medicine. He then went to Europe, there to further his medical knowledge and gain expertise. Among his stations, Paris, Edinburgh, London, Vienna and Heidelberg. In 1879 he came back to Canada and opened his practice in Toronto the following year. He also taught as a professor on the ear, nose and throat diseases at the Trinity Medical School and worked as a surgeon at Toronto General Hospital operates. In addition, Ryerson surgeon was at the Royal Gernadiers, including during the Northwest Rebellion.

In 1896, Ryerson from the UK, the approval of the British Red Cross ( British Red Cross) to establish a Canadian branch, bringing the Canadian Red Cross Society was born. In 1900 he was appointed ambassador of this organization in the Canadian army in South Africa and in 1914 he released John Morison Gibson as president of the Society from. Ryerson was also a founding member of the Association of Medical Officers of the Canadian Militia, as its president, he served from 1908 to 1909 and the St. John Ambulance Canada, a non-profit organization in the field of first aid. From the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Ryerson 1915 Honorary Surgeon - General and appointed 1917 Honoray Colonel (about honor Colonel ).

In addition, Ryerson was politically active and joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and the Protestant Protective Association at. In 1893 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, where he represented his home town of Toronto. In 1894 he was re-elected. In the same year, he was a new party chairman of the Conservative Party in Ontario in the conversation, but was defeated George Frederick Marter. 1896 Ryerson was involved in the founding of the United Empire Loyalist Association. Due to his poor health condition, he stood for election in 1898 are no longer available. In 1902, he wanted to be re-elected, but was not nominated by the Conservative Party.

Family

Ryerson was born in 1855 in one of the most prominent families in Toronto. He was the only child of Rev. George Airey Ryerson (1792-1882) and his third wife Isabella Dorcas Sterling ( 1817-1892 ). The father was a military officer, teacher and Catholic priest, who made ​​two previous marriages already had three children. George SA Ryerson was a nephew of the politician Egerton Ryerson and a cousin of the steel magnate Arthur Ryerson. On November 14, 1882 he married Mary Amelia Crowther in Toronto ( 1860-1915 ), with whom he had five children: George Crowther Ryerson ( 1883-1915 ), Yoris Sterling Ryerson (1886 -? ), Eric Egerton Ryerson ( 1888-1951 ), Arthur Connaught Ryerson (1890-1952) and Laura Mary Ryerson ( 1892-1943 ).

The eldest son George served during the First World War with the Canadian infantry and fell on 23 April 1915 in Ypres. Ryerson then traveled by ship to Europe immediately. His wife and daughter wanted to meet and went on May 1, 1915 in New York as first class passengers on board the luxury liner RMS Lusitania. The Lusitania was on May 7, the day before their scheduled arrival in Liverpool, sunk off the southern Irish coast by a German submarine. 1198 people died. Mary and Laura Ryerson boarded a lifeboat overturned and its occupants hurled into the sea. The 23- year-old Laura was rescued after hours in the icy water, but Mary Ryerson drowned. Her body was never found.

On 8 June 1916 he married his second wife Elizabeth Van Hook Man (born Thomas ), daughter of Edwin Ross Thomas. 1920 Ryerson retired from active professional life and settled with his wife in Niagara -on-the -Lake. Elizabeth died on 4 September 1924. Ryerson himself died on 20 May 1925 at the age of 70 in Toronto to a heart attack.

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  • Detailed Biography of George Ryerson
  • George Ryerson at Find A Grave
  • Pedigree of the Ryerson family
  • Physician (19th century)
  • Physician ( 20th century )
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Politician ( Ontario)
  • Person ( Canadian Red Cross)
  • Person (Toronto)
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1855
  • Died in 1925
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